Comprehensive Guide to Advanced Irregular Verbs
Advanced Irregular English Verbs: Part I (A - C)
Abide * Past Simple Form: or * Past Participle Form: , , or * Definitions and Meanings: This verb indicates the act of complying with rules, fulfilling duties, or staying/remaining in a place. (Catalan: Acatar, complir o romandre)
Alight * Past Simple Form: or * Past Participle Form: or * Definitions and Meanings: To descend from a vehicle, such as a train or bus, or to settle/land on a surface. (Catalan: Baixar d'un vehicle o aterrar)
Arise * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To emerge, to come into being, or to stand up/get up. (Catalan: Sorgir o aixecar-se)
Awake * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: The transition from sleep to being awake. (Catalan: Despertar-se)
Behold * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To gaze upon, observe closely, or contemplate something visually. (Catalan: Contemplar o observar)
Bid * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To offer a price at an auction or to issue an order/command. (Catalan: Pujar en subhasta o manar)
Burst * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To break open suddenly or explode due to internal pressure. (Catalan: Esclatar o rebentar)
Cast * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To throw something with force or to emit/project something like light or a shadow. (Catalan: Llançar o emetre)
Clothe * Past Simple Form: or * Past Participle Form: or * Definitions and Meanings: To provide with clothes or to dress someone. (Catalan: Vestir)
Advanced Irregular English Verbs: Part II (D - F)
Dwell * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To live in a specified place or to reside/inhabit. (Catalan: Residir o habitar)
Flee * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To run away from a place or situation of danger. (Catalan: Fugir)
Fling * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To throw or hurl something with great force or abandon. (Catalan: Llançar amb força)
Forbid * Past Simple Form: or * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To refuse to allow something; to prohibit. (Catalan: Prohibir)
Forecast * Past Simple Form: or * Past Participle Form: or * Definitions and Meanings: To predict or estimate a future event or trend, often regarding weather or finances. (Catalan: Preveure o pronosticar)
Foresee * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To see or be aware of an event before it happens. (Catalan: Preveure)
Foretell * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To predict the future; to tell something before it occurs. (Catalan: Predir)
Forsake * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To abandon, renounce, or give up something or someone. (Catalan: Abandonar)
Advanced Irregular English Verbs: Part III (I - O)
Inlay * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To ornament an object by embedding pieces of a different material in its surface. (Catalan: Incrustar)
Input * Past Simple Form: or * Past Participle Form: or * Definitions and Meanings: To enter data into a computer or system. (Catalan: Introduir dades)
Interlay * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To place something between layers; to interweave or intercalate. (Catalan: Entrellaçar o intercalar)
Leap * Past Simple Form: or * Past Participle Form: or * Definitions and Meanings: To jump or spring a long distance or high in the air. (Catalan: Saltar)
Mow * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To cut down grass or grain with a machine or scythe. (Catalan: Segar)
Overdraw * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To draw more money from a bank account than the account holds. (Catalan: Descobrir un compte bancari)
Overhear * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To hear someone or something without meaning to or without being noticed. (Catalan: Sentir per casualitat)
Overtake * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To catch up with and pass while traveling in the same direction, typically a vehicle. (Catalan: Avançar un vehicle)
Advanced Irregular English Verbs: Part IV (P - S)
Preset * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To set something in advance. (Catalan: Preestablir)
Rid * Past Simple Form: or * Past Participle Form: or * Definitions and Meanings: To make someone or something free of a troublesome or unwanted person or thing. (Catalan: Lliurar-se de)
Shear * Past Simple Form: or * Past Participle Form: or * Definitions and Meanings: To cut the wool off a sheep or other animal. (Catalan: Tondre ovelles)
Shed * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To cast off skin or hair, or to discard or get rid of something. (Catalan: Mudar la pell o desfer-se de)
Slay * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To kill a person or animal in a violent way; to assassinate. (Catalan: Matar o assassinar)
Slink * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To move smoothly and quietly with gliding steps, often in a stealthy or ashamed manner. (Catalan: Moure's furtivament)
Sow * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To plant seeds by scattering them on or in the earth. (Catalan: Sembrar)
Speed * Past Simple Form: or * Past Participle Form: or * Definitions and Meanings: To move quickly or to cause to move faster; to accelerate. (Catalan: Accelerar)
Stink * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To have a strong, unpleasant smell. (Catalan: Pudorir o fer mala olor)
Stride * Past Simple Form: or * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To walk with long, decisive steps in a specified direction. (Catalan: Caminar a passes llargues)
Strip * Past Simple Form: or * Past Participle Form: or * Definitions and Meanings: To remove all coverings or clothes. (Catalan: Despullar o treure la coberta)
Strive * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To make great efforts to achieve or obtain something. (Catalan: Esforçar-se)
Advanced Irregular English Verbs: Part V (T - W)
Swear * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To make a solemn statement or promise, or to use offensive language. (Catalan: Jurar o dir renecs)
Swell * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid. (Catalan: Inflar-se)
Thrust * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To push something or someone suddenly or violently. (Catalan: Empènyer amb força)
Undergo * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To experience or be subjected to something, typically something unpleasant or arduous. (Catalan: Sotmetre's a o patir)
Undertake * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To commit oneself to and begin a project or enterprise; to take on a task. (Catalan: Emprendre)
Vex * Past Simple Form: or * Past Participle Form: or * Definitions and Meanings: To make someone feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried. (Catalan: Irritar o amoïnar)
Weave * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To form fabric by interlacing long threads. (Catalan: Teixir)
Weep * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To shed tears; to cry. (Catalan: Plorar)
Wet * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To cover or touch with liquid; to moisten. (Catalan: Mullar)
Wind * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To twist or coil something around an object, or to turn a key to make a clockwork mechanism operate. (Catalan: Enrotllar o donar corda)
Withdraw * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To remove or take away something from a particular place or position. (Catalan: Retirar)
Withhold * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To refuse to give something that is due or desired; to suppress/restrain. (Catalan: Reter o denegar)
Withstand * Past Simple Form: * Past Participle Form: * Definitions and Meanings: To offer strong resistance to or remain undamaged by something. (Catalan: Resistir)